Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) hereby notifies all Deposit-taking Institutions, Custodial Institutions, Investment Entities and Specified Insurance Companies that fall under the Framework for the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) Standard, that they are required to submit AEOI Returns to the Competent Authority, who is the Commissioner General of URA.
This is pursuant to Section 6(1) of the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (Implementation) Act, 2023 which provides that, “A Reporting Financial Institution shall submit a return to the Competent Authority providing information on the account held by a non-resident person or on a reportable account for the year ending December 31st in every calendar year and by the 31st day of May of the following year”.
Accordingly, all Reporting Financial Institutions for AEOI purposes are required to submit their returns for the period January 01 to December 31, 2024, by May 31st 2025, through the designated link on the URA web portal.
The link for submitting a return is as follows: https://aeoi.go.ug/ which shall be accessed by Reporting Financial Institutions that have been whitelisted upon submission of their IP addresses.
Please note that with effect from June 01, 2025, failure to comply with this obligation shall attract penalties under the aforementioned Law.
For any assistance, inquiries or further information regarding the filing process, please contact us on aeoi_inquiries@ura.go.ug or Tel: +256 417 442 221.
First date of publication: Friday, May 23, 2025
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